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Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /datasets/pitchbook-companies/search
Platform: Datasets
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: None
Common optional params: q, status, primary_industry, financing_status, ownership_status, hq_country

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/datasets/pitchbook-companies/search?sort=relevance" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
q	string	No		Full-text query over name and description, max 256 characters
status	string	No		Exact status filter (e.g. Private, Public, Acquired, Out of Business), max 128 characters
primary_industry	string	No		Exact primary industry filter, max 128 characters
financing_status	string	No		Exact financing status filter, max 128 characters
ownership_status	string	No		Exact ownership status filter, max 128 characters
hq_country	string	No		Exact headquarters country filter, max 128 characters
hq_state	string	No		Exact headquarters state/region filter, max 128 characters
run_id	string	No		Exact crawl run-id filter, max 128 characters
min_year_founded	integer	No		Minimum founding year
max_year_founded	integer	No		Maximum founding year
min_investor_count	integer	No		Minimum number of investors
sort	string	No	relevance	Sort enum: relevance, name_asc, year_founded_desc, investor_count_desc, recently_crawled_desc
page	integer	No		Page number, defaults to 1
page_size	integer	No		Page size, defaults to 20 and maxes at 100; page * page_size must be <= 10000

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "dataset": "pitchbook-companies",
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "752821-12",
        "kind": "company",
        "name": "Thinking Machines Lab",
        "description": "Developer of artificial intelligence systems designed to support the research and development of AI technologies.",
        "status": "Private",
        "employees": 130,
        "year_founded": 2024,
        "investor_count": 23,
        "financing_status": "Venture Capital-Backed",
        "ownership_status": "Privately Held (backing)",
        "primary_industry": "Business/Productivity Software",
        "hq_country": "United States",
        "hq_state": "CA",
        "hq_city": "San Francisco",
        "website": "http://www.thinkingmachines.ai",
        "source_url": "https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/752821-12",
        "crawled_at": "2026-07-20T20:00:00Z"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "page_size": 20,
    "total": 1,
    "sort": "recently_crawled_desc"
  }
}

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GET /datasets/pitchbook-companies/search

Search PitchBook companies dataset

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "dataset": "pitchbook-companies",
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "752821-12",
        "kind": "company",
        "name": "Thinking Machines Lab",
        "description": "Developer of artificial intelligence systems designed to support the research and development of AI technologies.",
        "status": "Private",
        "employees": 130,
        "year_founded": 2024,
        "investor_count": 23,
        "financing_status": "Venture Capital-Backed",
        "ownership_status": "Privately Held (backing)",
        "primary_industry": "Business/Productivity Software",
        "hq_country": "United States",
        "hq_state": "CA",
        "hq_city": "San Francisco",
        "website": "http://www.thinkingmachines.ai",
        "source_url": "https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/752821-12",
        "crawled_at": "2026-07-20T20:00:00Z"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "page_size": 20,
    "total": 1,
    "sort": "recently_crawled_desc"
  }
}

Endpoint details

Searches the crawled public PitchBook company profile catalog stored in a search index. Discovered from PitchBook's public sitemap. Sort enum: `relevance`, `name_asc`, `year_founded_desc`, `investor_count_desc`, `recently_crawled_desc`. Dataset endpoints are built for repeatable structured search, facets, geo queries, pagination, and item lookup over indexed records. They do not trigger live scraping or proxy routing.

Method: GET
Path: /datasets/pitchbook-companies/search
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: Datasets
Parameters: 15 documented fields

Request parameters

q:querystatus:queryprimary_industry:queryfinancing_status:queryownership_status:queryhq_country:queryhq_state:queryrun_id:querymin_year_founded:querymax_year_founded:querymin_investor_count:querysort:query+3 more

Response schema fields

codedatadata.datasetdata.itemsdata.items[].commitments_countdata.items[].contactdata.items[].contact_titledata.items[].crawled_atdata.items[].crawled_at_msdata.items[].descriptiondata.items[].discovery_sourcedata.items[].employees

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "dataset": "pitchbook-companies",
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "752821-12",
        "kind": "company",
        "name": "Thinking Machines Lab",
        "description": "Developer of artificial intelligence systems designed to support the research and development of AI technologies.",
        "status": "Private",
        "employees": 130,
        "year_founded": 2024,
        "investor_count": 23,
        "financing_status": "Venture Capital-Backed",
        "ownership_status": "Privately Held (backing)",
        "primary_industry": "Business/Productivity Software",
        "hq_country": "United States",
        "hq_state": "CA",
        "hq_city": "San Francisco",
        "website": "http://www.thinkingmachines.ai",
        "source_url": "https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/752821-12",
        "crawled_at": "2026-07-20T20:00:00Z"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "page_size": 20,
    "total": 1,
    "sort": "recently_crawled_desc"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/datasets/pitchbook-companies/search" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
q	string	No		Full-text query over name and description, max 256 characters
status	string	No		Exact status filter (e.g. Private, Public, Acquired, Out of Business), max 128 characters
primary_industry	string	No		Exact primary industry filter, max 128 characters
financing_status	string	No		Exact financing status filter, max 128 characters
ownership_status	string	No		Exact ownership status filter, max 128 characters
hq_country	string	No		Exact headquarters country filter, max 128 characters
hq_state	string	No		Exact headquarters state/region filter, max 128 characters
run_id	string	No		Exact crawl run-id filter, max 128 characters
min_year_founded	integer	No		Minimum founding year
max_year_founded	integer	No		Maximum founding year
min_investor_count	integer	No		Minimum number of investors
sort	string	No	relevance	Sort enum: relevance, name_asc, year_founded_desc, investor_count_desc, recently_crawled_desc
page	integer	No		Page number, defaults to 1
page_size	integer	No		Page size, defaults to 20 and maxes at 100; page * page_size must be <= 10000

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "dataset": "pitchbook-companies",
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "752821-12",
        "kind": "company",
        "name": "Thinking Machines Lab",
        "description": "Developer of artificial intelligence systems designed to support the research and development of AI technologies.",
        "status": "Private",
        "employees": 130,
        "year_founded": 2024,
        "investor_count": 23,
        "financing_status": "Venture Capital-Backed",
        "ownership_status": "Privately Held (backing)",
        "primary_industry": "Business/Productivity Software",
        "hq_country": "United States",
        "hq_state": "CA",
        "hq_city": "San Francisco",
        "website": "http://www.thinkingmachines.ai",
        "source_url": "https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/752821-12",
        "crawled_at": "2026-07-20T20:00:00Z"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "page_size": 20,
    "total": 1,
    "sort": "recently_crawled_desc"
  }
}

Search PitchBook companies dataset

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{ "code": 200, "msg": "OK", "data": { "dataset": "pitchbook-companies", "items": [ { "id": "752821-12", "kind": "company", "name": "Thinking Machines Lab", "description": "Developer of artificial intelligence systems designed to support the research and development of AI technologies.", "status": "Private", "employees": 130, "year_founded": 2024, "investor_count": 23, "financing_status": "Venture Capital-Backed", "ownership_status": "Privately Held (backing)", "primary_industry": "Business/Productivity Software", "hq_country": "United States", "hq_state": "CA", "hq_city": "San Francisco", "website": "http://www.thinkingmachines.ai", "source_url": "https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/752821-12", "crawled_at": "2026-07-20T20:00:00Z" } ], "page": 1, "page_size": 20, "total": 1, "sort": "recently_crawled_desc" } }

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /datasets/pitchbook-companies/search
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: Datasets
Parameters: 15 documented fields

Request parameters

Response schema fields

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "dataset": "pitchbook-companies",
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "752821-12",
        "kind": "company",
        "name": "Thinking Machines Lab",
        "description": "Developer of artificial intelligence systems designed to support the research and development of AI technologies.",
        "status": "Private",
        "employees": 130,
        "year_founded": 2024,
        "investor_count": 23,
        "financing_status": "Venture Capital-Backed",
        "ownership_status": "Privately Held (backing)",
        "primary_industry": "Business/Productivity Software",
        "hq_country": "United States",
        "hq_state": "CA",
        "hq_city": "San Francisco",
        "website": "http://www.thinkingmachines.ai",
        "source_url": "https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/752821-12",
        "crawled_at": "2026-07-20T20:00:00Z"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "page_size": 20,
    "total": 1,
    "sort": "recently_crawled_desc"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/datasets/pitchbook-companies/search" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"